Topic: Poetry Days: 5-7 days Grade: 11 Subject Area(s): English Language Arts
Key Learning: A reader must use a variety of elements when analyzing and interpreting poetry.
Essential Unit Question: How can a reader interpret and analyze poetry to develop a meaningful response?
Concept: Elements of Poetry
Concept: Author’s Craft
Concept: Textual Structure
Concept: Reading for Purpose
Lesson Essential Questions: -How can a reader or audience identify and analyze the characteristics of poetry? -How do characteristics of poetry set it apart from other text genres?
Lesson Essential Questions: -How can a reader use knowledge of author and context to determine meaning in a poem? -How can a reader determine the theme in a poem? -How does diction impact tone? -How can a reader determine the tone of a poem? -How does a poet use figurative language, imagery, and sound devices to create meaning in a poem?
Lesson Essential Question: -How do poets structure their poems? -How does a poet use structure to convey meaning?
Lesson Essential Questions: -What strategies can I apply to understand a poem? -How can a reader determine the meaning of words and phrases in a poem? -How can I apply knowledge of poetic elements to other texts?
Vocabulary: Genre Form Rhyme Rhythm Meter Theme Speaker Punctuation
Vocabulary: Structure Verse Stanza Line Quatrain Couplet Repetition Anaphora Cataloguing
Vocabulary: Main Idea Supporting Details Preview Aloud Visualize Clarify Explicit Inference Denotation Connotatio
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Elements of Poetry Form, Rhyme, Rhythm, Meter, Theme, Speaker Poetic Form/Structure Diction Poetic Language Theme Author’s Craft (Background, Context, Audience) Poetry Reading Strategies
Poetry conforms to conventions set by the genre and/or specific form. Poetry utilizes specific structure, language and techniques to develop themes. Knowledge of a poet’s background, context, and audience can impact a reader’s interpretation of a poem. Actively reading poetry helps readers practice understanding complex texts
Read a poem and identify the elements of poetry. Read a poem and identify whether the text conforms to a set text structure. Determine meanings of words in context to identify tone and overall meaning. Identify poetic language in a poem (figurative language, imagery, sound devices) Construct a theme statement for a poem and identify examples of supporting language. Research author background, context and audience to determine meaning in a poem. Actively read unit texts and contemporary poetry/lyrics Select a contemporary poem and identify techniques and devices that develop theme
Additional Notes:
Standards for Reading:
RSL #1: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain.
RSL #4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including words with multiple meanings or language that is particularly fresh, engaging, or beautiful. (Include Shakespeare as well as other authors.)
RSL #7: Analyze multiple interpretations of a story, drama, or poem (e.g., recorded or live production of a play or recorded novel or poetry), evaluating how each version interprets the source text. (Include at least one play by Shakespeare and one play by an American dramatist.)
RSL #10: By the end of grade 11, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 11–CCR text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
Standards for Writing:
WS #10: Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of tasks, purposes.
Standards for Language:
LS #5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
Explain to students that when you make an inference, you are "reading between the lines." In order to make an inference, you pay close attention to the details in the poem to make a logical assumption. An inference is a logical judgment based on a writer's words as well as your own knowledge and experience.
Suggested Texts included in the Essential Course of Study (new text):
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Topic: PoetryDays: 5-7 days
Grade: 11
Subject Area(s): English Language Arts
How can a reader interpret and analyze poetry to develop a meaningful response?
Elements of Poetry
Author’s Craft
Textual Structure
Reading for Purpose
-How can a reader or audience identify and analyze the characteristics of poetry?
-How do characteristics of poetry set it apart from other text genres?
-How can a reader use knowledge of author and context to determine meaning in a poem?
-How can a reader determine the theme in a poem?
-How does diction impact tone?
-How can a reader determine the tone of a poem?
-How does a poet use figurative language, imagery, and sound devices to create meaning in a poem?
-How do poets structure their poems?
-How does a poet use structure to convey meaning?
-What strategies can I apply to understand a poem?
-How can a reader determine the meaning of words and phrases in a poem?
-How can I apply knowledge of poetic elements to other texts?
Genre
Form
Rhyme
Rhythm
Meter
Theme
Speaker
Punctuation
Author Background
Context
Audience
Diction
Theme
Imagery
Figurative Language
(Personification, Simile, Metaphor, Symbol)
Sound Devices
(Assonance, Consonance, Alliterationm Onomatopeia)
Tone
Structure
Verse
Stanza
Line
Quatrain
Couplet
Repetition
Anaphora
Cataloguing
Main Idea
Supporting Details
Preview
Aloud
Visualize
Clarify
Explicit
Inference
Denotation
Connotatio
Form, Rhyme, Rhythm, Meter, Theme, Speaker
Poetic Form/Structure
Diction
Poetic Language
Theme
Author’s Craft (Background, Context, Audience)
Poetry Reading Strategies
Poetry utilizes specific structure, language and techniques to develop themes.
Knowledge of a poet’s background, context, and audience can impact a reader’s interpretation of a poem.
Actively reading poetry helps readers practice understanding complex texts
Read a poem and identify whether the text conforms to a set text structure.
Determine meanings of words in context to identify tone and overall meaning.
Identify poetic language in a poem (figurative language, imagery, sound devices)
Construct a theme statement for a poem and identify examples of supporting language.
Research author background, context and audience to determine meaning in a poem.
Actively read unit texts and contemporary poetry/lyrics
Select a contemporary poem and identify techniques and devices that develop theme
Standards for Reading:
RSL #1: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain.
RSL #4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including words with multiple meanings or language that is particularly fresh, engaging, or beautiful. (Include Shakespeare as well as other authors.)
RSL #7: Analyze multiple interpretations of a story, drama, or poem (e.g., recorded or live production of a play or recorded novel or poetry), evaluating how each version interprets the source text. (Include at least one play by Shakespeare and one play by an American dramatist.)
RSL #10: By the end of grade 11, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 11–CCR text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
Standards for Writing:
WS #10: Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of tasks, purposes.
Standards for Language:
LS #5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
Explain to students that when you make an inference, you are "reading between the lines." In order to make an inference, you pay close attention to the details in the poem to make a logical assumption. An inference is a logical judgment based on a writer's words as well as your own knowledge and experience.
Suggested Texts included in the Essential Course of Study (new text):